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A couple of engines to identify

Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2010 4:07 am
by Tonyseagull
I found two ads in the Small Boat Journel for 1985 and wondered if someone had some information...

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I have never seen this Seagull before? Here is the copy from under the motor...

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The next one is for a Neptune Mighty Mite...I have one of these but it is made by Muncie and does not have the rewind...just a pull start and the motor looks like a half size Seagull and weighs about half of what a Sea gull does...anyone seen this engine before...it was advertised as new in the same magazine of 1985...

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...sorry to take up so much of the web space!

Re: A couple of engines to identify

Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2010 10:19 am
by RickUK
The Seagull is a model 170 as it says - check aound on this site and you will find information, literature on the specification etc.
The 170 was only made late on in Seagull's history (87-90?), and had an Achilles heel with an under-engineered big end cap - no spares easily available.
Quite a nice motor when running - I have one, but am permanently on the alert for the death rattle. Supposedly 7.5 HP., but almsot certainly not!

Re: A couple of engines to identify

Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2010 2:54 pm
by Todd
Neptune is no longer in business. The motor in your ad was an attempt to modernize a good, basic design to make it more appealing to a new generation of boaters. Sound familiar? The Mighty Mite was actually sold as a purchaser-assembled kit for $75 less as a last ditch effort to keep the company solvent. But alas, the Forces of Marketing had their way and The Mighty Mite went down for the third time.
Ironically old, good-running Neptunes pop up on Flea-Bay and in yard sales quite often, having outlived their maker. Many parallels to our own beloved Seagulls.

Re: A couple of engines to identify

Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2010 9:00 pm
by outboard
definately a 170 just rebuilt one runs well pumps plenty water too :D